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MSc - Master of Science
John Anderson Campus
Full Time
SEP-25
12 Months
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MSc - Master of Science
John Anderson Campus
Full Time
SEP-25
12 Months
MSc - Master of Science
John Anderson Campus
Part Time
SEP-25
24 Months
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offers the opportunity to develop and extend your knowledge and understanding of key social policy issues together with advanced training in research methods
expand your knowledge of contemporary issues facing social welfare and wellbeing and how social policy responds to them
develop knowledge and research skills highly valued by public, third and private sector employers
acquire research training vital for further study at PhD level
Why this course?
This course offers you the opportunity to develop and extend your knowledge and understanding of key social policy issues together with advanced training in research methods.
It aims to improve your knowledge and understanding of the factors which shape social needs and the ways in which different societies have responded to these. This will enhance your research skills and enable you to undertake an independent research project on a topic of your choice.
Who's it for?
The course is aimed at:
students who have studied social policy at undergraduate level and who now wish to build on the foundations they have already laid before entering employment or embarking on further study
graduates of other disciplines who wish to improve their knowledge and understanding of social and welfare issues whilst also enhancing their research skills
individuals already in employment who wish to update their existing knowledge and skills before moving onto the next stage of their careers
What you'll study
The course includes a combination of research methods classes, core disciplinary training and optional classes. Classes in research design, quantitative methods or qualitative methods provide a platform to enable you to proceed to the MSc stage of the programme to undertake a research-based dissertation on a topic of your own choosing.
You'll also take compulsory classes in Welfare concepts and ideas and Approaches to welfare: past, present and future and a choice of optional classes which reflect the specialist research interests of our social policy staff.
Alternatively you can choose optional classes from other Masters programme offered across the Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences.
First or upper second-class Honours degree, or overseas equivalent, in Social Policy or a related discipline.
Students living in
Domestic
£796 month
Students from Domestic
This is the fee you pay if the University is in the same country that you live in (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)
£796 month
Students from England
£796 month
Students from Scotland
£796 month
Students from Wales
£796 month
Students from Northern Ireland
£1,796 month
Students from EU
The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from somewhere in the EU.
£1,796 month
Students from International
The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from a country outside the EU.
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